Volleyball Falls to Sacred Heart On the Road

Oct 24, 2009

Three Blue Devils finished with double-digit kills, but the
Central Connecticut State University volleyball team dropped a 3-1
decision on the road versus Sacred Heart on Saturday. Freshman Emily
Cochran led the way with 14 kills, while junior Tori
Vaughan and sophomore Sara DeLacey each tallied 11
in the defeat. CCSU falls to 12-12 overall and 6-2 in the NEC.

Central dropped the first two sets of the match before coming
back with a 25-15 third set victory to make it a 2-1 match. The
Pioneers took the fourth set 25-22 and improved to 16-7 overall and
6-1 in the conference with the 3-1 victory.

Cochran added 13 digs for the Blue Devils, while Vaughan and
DeLacey recorded five and three blocks, respectively. Junior Kaitlin
Petrella finished with a match-best 28 digs, while junior
captain Amanda Bayer tallied 46
assists, seven digs and three blocks in the loss. Senior captain
Jamie Baumert chipped in
with seven kills, six digs and five blocks.

Sacred Heart was led by a trio of double-digit attackers as
well. Johanna Ovsenek matched Cochran's 14, while Brittany Best
and Ashlyn Trimble finished the match with 13 and 10,
respectively. It was Courtney Kidd-Kadlubek on the assists,
recording a match high 54 in the victory.

CCSU will be on the court again tomorrow as they take on
Fairleigh Dickinson on the road at 4:00 p.m.